Augustine of Hippo, also known as Saint Augustine, Saint Austin, or Blessed Augustine, was an early Christian theologian and philosopher whose writings influenced the development of Western Christianity and Western Philosophy. He was the Bishop of Hippo Regius, located in Numidia. He is viewed as one of the most important Church Fathers in Western Christianity for his writings in the Patristic Era. Among his most important works are The City of God and Confessions.

Born: 354 AD - Thagaste, Algeria Died: 430 AD - Hippo Regius, Algeria

QUOTES:

"Wrong is wrong - even it everyone is doing it. Right is right - even if no one is doing it."

"Faith is to believer what we do not see; and the reward of this faith is to see what we believe."

"Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt."

"Miracles are not contract to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature."